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Arts Nonprofit Development Guide Chapter 1: How To Conduct A Basic Community Arts And Cultural Inventory
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Nonprofit Arts
Development Guide
Chapter 1: How To Conduct A Basic Community Arts And
Cultural Inventory
July 13, 2011
It has become increasingly evident to city planners and community development specialists
that artists, art organizations and cultural institutions make a strong contribution to the
image and vitality of community life. As a result, arts and culture has become an important
component in community planning. Therefore, before a community develops a cultural plan,
or a new arts organization is formed, it is important to conduct a basic arts and cultural
resource inventory. By identifying local or regional cultural assets, the community can focus
on its own resources that enable the development of a comprehensive community or
cultural plan, cultural heritage tourism., or arts programming. Consider these five basic
steps for identifying your arts and cultural assets.
1. Start with a small committee to plan the arts and cultural inventory process.
Convene a diverse cross section of community citizens to provide names of artists, arts
educators, cultural organizations, places and events, and other resources that make up
the cultural fabric of the community. Consider having a facilitator to help guide the
session.
2. Identify your arts and cultural assets: Community citizens brainstorm and list the
community's arts and cultural assets. Place the arts and cultural survey form on a
community website or in the local newspaper.
3. Assign a community benefit that each resource serves. Some resources may offer
more than one benefit. Example: The local arts guild hosts a series of exhibits in
downtown spaces throughout the year and also provides arts instruction to adults and
youth. Community benefits would be 1, 4, and 5 from the list below. Community
benefits may include:
a. Enhance community livability
b. Contributes to Economic Development
c. Arts and Cultural Tourism Resource
d. Contributes to Downtown Revitalization
e. Arts Education Resource.
4. Record, publicize and document the results of your cultural inventory. You will be
surprised by the number of resources your community will identify.
Examples of community arts and cultural resources
Artists: Visual Artists, Fine Crafts, Theatre Artists, Writers, Dancers, Musicians
Teachers of Music, Art/Media/Design, Theatre, Dance, Literature
Folk and Traditional Arts: traditional/ethnic music dance and crafts, traditional
foodways, occupational crafts. (Examples of traditional arts: quilts, baskets, beadwork,
cowboy poets, saddle makers, metal smiths, storytellers, folkdance)
Traditional Elders
Architects/Architecture
Design Specialists
Galleries and/or Exhibition Spaces
Art Museums
Nonprofit Arts
Development Guide
Conduct a basic community
arts and cultural inventory
Chapter 1
Develop a community arts
council
Chapter 2
Develop bylaws for an arts
organization
Chapter 3
Build a board of directors
Chapter 4
Develop partnerships
Chapter 5
Create a crisis
communications plan
Chapter 6
Learn grants etiquette
Chapter 7
Use financial management
checklists
Chapter 8
Community Arts and
Cultural Development
Resources
Chaper 9
About Us Our Programs Grants Arts in Schools Arts in Communities Art at the Capitol Art Networks
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The Oklahoma Arts Council is the official state agency for the support and development of the arts in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Arts Council • P.O. Box 52001-2001 • Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2001 • Phone: 405.521.2931 • okarts@arts.ok.gov
News
Oklahoma Arts Conference
Grants
Our Programs
e-Grant Login
Oklahoma Performing Artists
Oklahoma Teaching Artists
Follow us on twitter!
Contact Us
Newsletter
Staff
Logos
Find us on facebook!
Performance Spaces
Local Art & Humanities Councils
Arts Organizations
Community Theaters
Artists' Spaces and Studios, Dance Studios
Folklorists/Humanities Scholars
Arts and Cultural Festivals
Community Orchestras and Bands
Choral Societies
Church Musicians and Choirs
Youth and Adult Arts Workshops
Gathering Places for Cultural Activities: bookstore, coffee house, restaurant, community
center, churches, etc.
Universities and Colleges
Libraries
History Museums and Historical Societies
Municipal Parks
Arts Supply Shops
Questions?
Please contact our Director of Cultural Development and Public Policy, Kim McCoy at (405)
521-2013 or kim.mccoy@arts.ok.gov.

Arts Nonprofit Development Guide Chapter 1: How To Conduct A Basic Community Arts And Cultural Inventory
file:////maindc/users/gphillips/PDFs%2054/Nonprofit%20Art/Chapter_1.html[8/24/2011 4:30:29 PM]
Nonprofit Arts
Development Guide
Chapter 1: How To Conduct A Basic Community Arts And
Cultural Inventory
July 13, 2011
It has become increasingly evident to city planners and community development specialists
that artists, art organizations and cultural institutions make a strong contribution to the
image and vitality of community life. As a result, arts and culture has become an important
component in community planning. Therefore, before a community develops a cultural plan,
or a new arts organization is formed, it is important to conduct a basic arts and cultural
resource inventory. By identifying local or regional cultural assets, the community can focus
on its own resources that enable the development of a comprehensive community or
cultural plan, cultural heritage tourism., or arts programming. Consider these five basic
steps for identifying your arts and cultural assets.
1. Start with a small committee to plan the arts and cultural inventory process.
Convene a diverse cross section of community citizens to provide names of artists, arts
educators, cultural organizations, places and events, and other resources that make up
the cultural fabric of the community. Consider having a facilitator to help guide the
session.
2. Identify your arts and cultural assets: Community citizens brainstorm and list the
community's arts and cultural assets. Place the arts and cultural survey form on a
community website or in the local newspaper.
3. Assign a community benefit that each resource serves. Some resources may offer
more than one benefit. Example: The local arts guild hosts a series of exhibits in
downtown spaces throughout the year and also provides arts instruction to adults and
youth. Community benefits would be 1, 4, and 5 from the list below. Community
benefits may include:
a. Enhance community livability
b. Contributes to Economic Development
c. Arts and Cultural Tourism Resource
d. Contributes to Downtown Revitalization
e. Arts Education Resource.
4. Record, publicize and document the results of your cultural inventory. You will be
surprised by the number of resources your community will identify.
Examples of community arts and cultural resources
Artists: Visual Artists, Fine Crafts, Theatre Artists, Writers, Dancers, Musicians
Teachers of Music, Art/Media/Design, Theatre, Dance, Literature
Folk and Traditional Arts: traditional/ethnic music dance and crafts, traditional
foodways, occupational crafts. (Examples of traditional arts: quilts, baskets, beadwork,
cowboy poets, saddle makers, metal smiths, storytellers, folkdance)
Traditional Elders
Architects/Architecture
Design Specialists
Galleries and/or Exhibition Spaces
Art Museums
Nonprofit Arts
Development Guide
Conduct a basic community
arts and cultural inventory
Chapter 1
Develop a community arts
council
Chapter 2
Develop bylaws for an arts
organization
Chapter 3
Build a board of directors
Chapter 4
Develop partnerships
Chapter 5
Create a crisis
communications plan
Chapter 6
Learn grants etiquette
Chapter 7
Use financial management
checklists
Chapter 8
Community Arts and
Cultural Development
Resources
Chaper 9
About Us Our Programs Grants Arts in Schools Arts in Communities Art at the Capitol Art Networks
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The Oklahoma Arts Council is the official state agency for the support and development of the arts in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Arts Council • P.O. Box 52001-2001 • Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2001 • Phone: 405.521.2931 • okarts@arts.ok.gov
News
Oklahoma Arts Conference
Grants
Our Programs
e-Grant Login
Oklahoma Performing Artists
Oklahoma Teaching Artists
Follow us on twitter!
Contact Us
Newsletter
Staff
Logos
Find us on facebook!
Performance Spaces
Local Art & Humanities Councils
Arts Organizations
Community Theaters
Artists' Spaces and Studios, Dance Studios
Folklorists/Humanities Scholars
Arts and Cultural Festivals
Community Orchestras and Bands
Choral Societies
Church Musicians and Choirs
Youth and Adult Arts Workshops
Gathering Places for Cultural Activities: bookstore, coffee house, restaurant, community
center, churches, etc.
Universities and Colleges
Libraries
History Museums and Historical Societies
Municipal Parks
Arts Supply Shops
Questions?
Please contact our Director of Cultural Development and Public Policy, Kim McCoy at (405)
521-2013 or kim.mccoy@arts.ok.gov.